China’s VP heads to Latin America on trade visit
China’s Vice-President Zeng Qinghong headed for Latin America and the Caribbean on Sunday on a quest to feed the booming Chinese economy’s growing appetite for natural resources and energy.
Climate change: Countdown to global catastrophe
Global warning has already hit the danger point that international attempts to curb it are designed to avoid, according to the world’s top climate watchdog.
The horror of Depleted Uranium is not limited to Iraq – it may well be at our doorsteps.
James Denver argues that the spreading of depleted uranium in Iraq may rank with the worst atrocities of all time.
Post Carbon Institute to Participate in Bangalore Peak Oil Conference
Post Carbon Institute is assisting Project Agastya and other Bangalore organizations to organize a one-day conference examining the implications of peak oil for India on January 28, 2005.
Bolivian fuel protests escalate
Tens of thousands of Bolivians have rallied in Santa Cruz – the country’s economic capital – to protest against cuts in fuel subsidies. Organisers pledged that the protests, the culmination of days of unrest over fuel prices, would remain peaceful.
Timetable set for gas terminal bid
CALIFORNIA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger could make a final decision as early as July on BHP-Billiton’s controversial $US4 billion ($5.3 billion) gas terminal proposal.
Disruptions Make Canada’s Oil Sands Pitch Tougher
Canada is striving to sell major consuming countries on the potential of its vast oil sands to help meet energy demand, but a recent string of output disruptions makes the job tougher, analysts said on Friday.
Russia: Indigenous peoples protest against Sakhalin oil, gas projects
Representatives of indigenous peoples blocked more than 100 pieces of heavy machinery in Sakhalin on Friday to protest against local oil and gas projects.
The Case for Decentralized Generation of Energy
Highly centralized generation of electrical power is a paradigm that has outlived its usefulness. Decentralized generation could save $5 trillion in capital investment, reduce power costs by 40 percent, reduce vulnerabilities, and cut greenhouse gas emissions in half.
Feeding the World under Climate Change
The debate over sustainable agriculture has gone beyond the health and environmental benefits that it could bring in place of conventional industrial agriculture. For one thing, conventional industrial agriculture is heavily dependent on oil, which is running out. [Considers both climate change and Peak Oil]
Yukos Defaults on Long-Term Contracts to Supply Oil
OAO Yukos Oil Co., Russia’s biggest oil exporter last year, defaulted on long-term contracts to supply refiners after the government sold its biggest oil-producing unit to collect more than $20 billion in back taxes.
IEA warns of likely renewed oil demand boom in 2005
The International Energy Agency (IEA) Tuesday warned of a possible renewed oil demand boom in 2005 and is telling oil producers to be on their guard against unexpected events.
